Colossians 3
1 If then ye have risen with the Messiah, seek the things on high, where the Messiah sitteth on the right hand of God.
If however you have risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, enthroned at God's right hand.
2 Think of things on high; not of the things on earth:
Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.
3 for ye are dead; and your life is hidden with the Messiah, in God.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 And when the Messiah, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also be manifested with him in glory.
When Christ appears--He is our true Life--then you also will appear with Him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members that are on the earth; whoredom, impurity, and the passions, and evil concupiscence, and avarice which is idolatry.
Therefore put to death your earthward inclinations--fornication, impurity, sensual passion, unholy desire, and all greed, for that is a form of idolatry.
6 For on account of these things, the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.
It is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming,
7 And in these things ye also formerly walked, when ye lived in them.
and you also were once addicted to them, while you were living under their power.
8 But now, put away from you all these, wrath, anger, malice, reviling, filthy talking:
But now you must rid yourselves of every kind of sin--angry and passionate outbreaks, ill-will, evil speaking, foul-mouthed abuse--so that these may never soil your lips.
9 and lie not one to another; but put off the old man, with all his practices;
Do not speak falsehoods to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its doings,
10 and put ye on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge, after the likeness of his Creator;
and have clothed yourselves with the new self which is being remoulded into full knowledge so as to become like Him who created it.
11 where there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision, neither Greek nor barbarian, neither bond nor free; but the Messiah is all, and in all.
In that new creation there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free man, but Christ is everything and is in all of us.
12 Therefore, holy and beloved, as the elect of God, put ye on compassions, and tenderness, and suavity, and humbleness of mind, and gentleness, and long suffering.
Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
13 And be ye indulgent towards one another, and forgiving to one another: and if any one has a complaint against his neighbor, as the Messiah forgave you, so also do ye forgive.
bearing with one another and readily forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also must forgive.
14 And with all these, join love, which is the girdle of perfection.
And over all these put on love, which is the perfect bond of union;
15 And let the peace of the Messiah direct your hearts; for to that ye have been called, in one body; and be ye thankful to the Messiah.
and let the peace which Christ gives settle all questionings in your hearts, to which peace indeed you were called as belonging to His one Body; and be thankful.
16 And let his word dwell in you richly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves, by psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and with grace in your hearts sing ye unto God.
Let the teaching concerning Christ remain as a rich treasure in your hearts. In all wisdom teach and admonish one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and sing with grace in your hearts to God.
17 And whatever ye do in word or act, do it in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and give thanksgiving through him to God the Father.
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, and let it be through Him that you give thanks to God the Father.
18 Wives, be ye subject to your husbands, as is right in the Messiah.
Married women, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love ye your wives, and be not bitter towards them.
Married men, be affectionate to your wives, and do not treat them harshly.
20 Children, obey your parents in every thing; for this is pleasing before our Lord.
Children be obedient to your parents in everything; for that is right for Christians.
21 Parents, anger not your children, lest they be discouraged.
Fathers, do not fret and harass your children, or you may make them sullen and morose.
22 Servants, obey in all things your bodily masters; not in the sight of the eye only, as those who please men, but with a simple heart, and in the fear of the Lord.
Slaves, be obedient in everything to your earthly masters; not in acts of eye service, as aiming only to please men, but with simplicity of purpose, because you fear the Lord.
23 And whatever ye do, do it with your whole soul, as unto our Lord, and not as to men:
Whatever you are doing, let your hearts be in your work, as a thing done for the Lord and not for men.
24 and know ye, that from our Lord ye will receive a recompense as the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord the Messiah.
For you know that it is from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. Christ is the Master whose bondservants you are.
25 But the delinquent will receive a recompense, according to the delinquency; and there is no respect of persons.
The man who perpetrates a wrong will find the wrong repaid to him; and with God there are no merely earthly distinctions.
